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Bahraini journalist Lamees Dhaif honored by SU鈥檚 Newhouse School with Tully Free Speech Award
Lamees Dhaif, an independent Bahraini journalist and human rights activist, will come to 黑料不打烊 on Monday, Oct. 15, as the recipient of the 2012 Tully Award for Free Speech. The award, presented annually by the Tully Center for Free…
Panel to continue discussion led by Dalai Lama
“The Past Is Not Past: The Continuing Quest for Racial Justice and Peace,” featuring former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and human rights advocate Martin Luther King III, will take place Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 1-3 p.m. in Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium…
‘Tribal fusion’ dancer and anthropologist explore collective identity of the arts Oct. 18 at SU
Event follows keynote address by undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs 黑料不打烊 Symposium, whose theme this fall is 鈥淢emory-Media-Archive,鈥 continues with a joint program featuring a dance performance by Donna Mejia and a lecture by anthropologist William…
The Past Is Not Past: The Continuing Quest for Racial Justice and Peace
1-3 p.m. Hergenhan Auditorium Newhouse III Speakers: Ambassador Andrew Young Martin Luther King, III Professor Linda Carty, SU Dept. of African American Studies Professor Janis McDonald, SU College of Law, Cold Case Justice Initiative Professor Paula Johnson, SU College of…
Environmentalist Bill McKibben kicks off 2012-13 University Lectures series Oct. 10
Bill McKibben, one of America鈥檚 best known environmentalists, will kick off the 2012-13 http://lectures.syr.edu”>University Lectures season on Wednesday, Oct. 10. McKibben will speak on 鈥350: The Most Important Number in the World鈥 at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The lecture,…
Remembering Bassel
Shortly before his death in his homeland of Syria last May, graduate film student Bassel Shahade was thinking of his friends back at SU. 鈥淭he last e-mail I have from him was on May 21st,鈥 says film professor Owen Shapiro. 鈥淗e wrote 鈥楽ay hi to everyone there. I will try to stay alive. Hoping to see you soon.鈥欌
Final ticket opportunity for Common Ground for Peace symposium on Oct. 8
Public invited to submit questions online for panel discussions moderated by NBC national and international news correspondent Ann Curry.
Tracy Metz book signing, talk address Netherlands landscape in relationship to water
Tracy Metz, an American-born journalist and author on art, architecture, urban planning and the landscape, will present a talk about her new book, “Sweet & Salt: Water and the Dutch” (NAi 2012) in Slocum Hall Auditorium Tuesday, Oct. 9, at…
Head of DreamWorks Animation to visit SU
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO, co-founder and director of DreamWorks Animation SKG, will visit 黑料不打烊鈥檚 S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, Oct. 17, as part of the USA TODAY CEO Forum. A public interview with USA TODAY technology reporter…
‘Safe Haven Story’ at the next session of IRP
In 1944, under the direction of President Franklin Roosevelt, nearly 1,000 war refugees from countries across Europe were brought to Fort Ontario in Oswego. The Oct. 4 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Elizabeth Ann Kahl,…